Mining and loading apparatus.



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MINING'AND LOADING APP RATUS.

APPLIOA'IION rum) 14K. 17, 1910.

APPLICATION IILEDJAN. 1.7, 1910. v

Patented May 5, 1914.

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P. BILLINGS. MINING AND LOADING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 17,1910.

Patented May 5, 1914.

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WETTEE') FRAJTK BILLINGS, E CLEVELMTD, G'HIO.

Specification of Letters Patenc.

-ZXING A 3'1) LOADING APPARATUS.

Pei-en ted Mag; 5, i914 Application file January 1?, 1910, EeriaLNo. 533398;

To all 1.0710771,iii/my concern Be known that 1 Flux Bunn es, a, citizen(if the initial Fitn :1. residing at; (jieveinnd, in fine cumin ofCuyuhega' and State 0i @hio, have im'emed :1 (QI'tKiIl new and nse'fiiiii'i'ipiovement in Yviiu-ing 21ml Lending Appamius, 9f which ianefeilowing is ii full, cie and exact Zieseriptinn'.

The yr-incripai abject of him present inventinn ie to eii'ect a subzzmtial saving 0i. time and mum? in removing the broken eff materialfrmn in imnt of ihe marking face or breast, in a mine, from which FUL'ilmaterial is broken. With an rip'pzlira 'n'iiieii iinf in 11. practise?manner, my presvm inveni'iun, a iii-iii if? can mf i brmigiit in i GRQtime by i-iie mine 1 may be iemieci when {uni wi muc. :fasiee iinm simve0&5! them. This, reiie'ves {the miners 1 A {1126i 1" i? i doing anSi'lOW/Oii'figil and permits thin in "pvofilabi empin iiieir entire timein doing that whivii is i'equii'eri in be lime in dehuii more materialfrom The working Face 0? iA'I'QHHt. Mmmin'er, a mine locomotive,handling the care in trains can hike cave of exam drifts than ii can bylien-filing them It O bViFAUS that this inve'mzmi may be mnimiied in agreat variety of speeiiie The best embmjiiment kzmwn in me than; whiv'his shown in the 1 'nwing, in Whi :ii-

Figure 1 is :i ide elevation 0f the whee} iiuek, the hoe and it?operating i'neci'umisn'i supported hero-1m, and oi mnveying in imniemFur ('211'] \i2il we ineeo material 1:- a. puini in iiwnt m the pointizehin i the 3 mix; Fig. :i i :5 rear anti vievatimi 0i Raid m 111m";amily seeiim'mi is; the pieme iz'uiienieii by iiiv- I ii an Fifi. Fig. 9plan "-JiIAV hi imck and he (*nm'eyei' meniumism si ppnrmi thereby. i isu'pizin View hf ii hm: and its ope-rating mechanism whir-ii is ngm ie iip-fin said iii'uvk Fig. 4* a plan view of ease G.

I will now describe, "with the nwessm'y deiaii. the appziraiv shown inmid drawings, in which my invention ie embmiied.

Refit-iii i to the: Seriaby ietiei'v A represent;-; ;i h'uci; i: wingwireeh a? ndapteci t0 run on {he iegliiflr mine h'ncizs which are hid onthe fiuors of the wirimis drifts, tunetc. This Music, as shown, cempi'i'V0 membei's Lenin a horizonuii (L, r-onnecteci to ihe i ps of said71ers, and extending em one to This "mun-i1 supper-is conveyer phi-t mrmside mi the other,

which in the form shmvn is an ordinary conveyer, Depemiimg fmm thepiatfmrm a to paints beiew the axles of the Wheels are $119 side members(5, C of the eom'eyer frame, which frame extends 20223 1:, point new:the feont end the truck ta a point a considerable distance behimi timemain truck body, the rear'warri exiamsimis @i said frame being supportedby brace beams C. The side members 01% the eonveyei' Emma lie betweenthe side mem be (if the truck frame, and may be ceamccted therewith bytransverse chaimet imns C The mmveyer carrier B cm-mprises a pluralityof metal plates 01: sections Z1, which are cm-ii'iscted tiieiib'idGS'with two sproeke. chains 5, siiiii sprmimt chains in ing frictienroiiei's b which may ride on the teach; 0 carried by the side members (lof Lhe coni'eyei frame. At the from end of th e co-nveyer frame mtiei'isvei'se shafe (in which two spree-lief, Wheels 5* are fixed. Atthe upwardiy inclined rear end of the conframe are longitudinallyextended guide-Ways c for the reception of adjustable biGQi'iS If inwhich a transverse- Eshafii 5 is mmmted. Fixed to this shaft are iwospmcket wheels Z The ewe sprocket spmcket Wheels 5 and chains run o /erfiche A transverse shaft. 7 mmmted in the side markers mi the eomeyerframes carries a, spmcket Wheel I) which is engaged by a sprocket chain5 which in turn was over another sprocket Wheel E en ihe silaii, 0. Theshaft 5 has a gear 6 meshing with a pinian f 011 the shaft f M" anelectric meter F carried by the izoa'iveyer frame; and i is through thismeeimnism thaz we conveyer mechanism is opemied. Mmui? this conveye'rmechanism. This particular type ofia conveyer, even, is not essvniizi'ito the present iIlVGIlijiOEL It is 0111 essential that the eomeyei' besuitable; that its front end be at the front end of the truck and thatits rear end be behind the truck, so the; the m 3'01 may icarry thematerial 13555.5;v ihe truck; and that it 01' sumo ed iimctivceun'veyersiiali continue rem:-

Specially; there is nothing new upon the drift floor. Upon this truck,the

base members G carries rollers g which run upon a segmental track afixed to the top of the truck,

I( represents the hoe shank which is slidable through a housing M whichis connectedon a horizontal pivot m with the base member G. Frictionrollers m carried by the upper surface of the hoe shank are rack thishousing support thehoe shank K. On

teeth'which are engaged by a pinion. a carried by the same shaft N towhich the gear so is fixed, this shaft being mounted on the housing M,An electric motor 0 fixed to the housing has a pinion 0 shown in dottedlines in Fig. l engaging {with the gear n whereby the latter and theshaft N may be turned with the result of moving the hoe shank forward orbackward through said housing. This housing may be tilted upon its pivotso as to throw the front end of the hoe shank up or down as occasion'mayre quire, by means of a shaft P carrying a crank arm 7;, the end ofwhich is connected by a link S with the base member G. The shaft Pis'mounted in the rear end of the housing M, and it is obvious that byrocking this shaft the housing may be tilted as described. This shaftmay be turned by the mechanism shown, visa, a Worm carp fixed to theshaft P, which is engaged by a worm r on the shaft 1" of an electricmotor it which is lined upon said housing.

The base G and the parts carried there- I by may be turned about thestud J on which said base G is pivoted by moansof the -followingmechamsm: A. vertical shaft T is mounted in the base member G, and ithas near its lower end a pinion t which meshes with the segmental racka" which is a part ofthe previously mentioned segmental track. The upperend of this T carries a worm wheel 6 which is engaged by a worm u on theshaft u of an electric motor U, which is carried by the ase G.

To the front end of the hoe shank K a blade V27 may be fixed. Preferablyits top edge engages with the lower face of said shank, and is providedwith an upwardly extended boss to, to which is a thread ed stem or shankgoing through the hoe shank, and engaged by a nut '11: so that asthe/nut is screwed onto this stem the blade l/V will be fixed in anydesired angular po sition. relative to said shank. It is evident fromthe foregoing description that an operator may by controlling the mtjtors, have complete control of this hoe iv and its movements. He maytilt the housing M so that insures the hoe lilade will engage withthefioor of the drift; then he may cause said hoe to move endwise, andgenerally may cause the hoe to so move that it will drag the loose 7:

which the rear end of the first conveyor may discharge its 7 load; thisauxiliary conveyor may extend upward and then rearward as far as isnecessary.

Having described my invention, 1 claim:-

l. In a loading mac line, a frame adaptedto be moved along a trackwa aconveyer extending lengthwise oft e frame from the front end thereof."an inclined apron at the front end of the conveyer'an'd extendinupwardly and rearwardly from a plane oelow the conveyer, a tool shankadapted to be reciprocated inwardly and outwardly With respect to theframe, a support for said shank carried by the frame and capable ofrockin movement. about a The rear end of this substantially horizontaaxis and of swing:

ing movementjabout a substantiallyvertical axis, said shankhavmg meansfor receiving at its outer end a norkingtool and hav? ing a ran eofworh'in movement which are. p tends to t a right an left 'of thelongitudi' nal center plane of'themachindfllind above. and below thehorizontal. axis about which i said support is'adaptcd to rock; andpower mechanism for applying power" to said shank'for moving masses ofmaterial-10 cated at any point within the range of movement of theworkin'g' tool toward the frame and up along the inclinedapron by'mennsof a combination of imparted movements which include a movement of theshank role tive to its support, and one or both of the said movements ofthe support.

2. In a loading machine, a frame adapted to be moved along a trackway,aconveyor extending lengthwise of the frame from the front end thereof,an inclined apron at the front end of the conveyor and extendingupwardly and rearwardiy from a plane below the conveyor, a turn-tablesupported by the frame and movable about a vertical axis, a

housing mounted on the t11rn-table for rocking movement about ahorizontal axis, a tool shank mounted in said'housing for reciprocatingmovement inward and outward with respect to the housing and provided atits outer end with a working tool; said shank having a range of workingmovement which extends to the right and left of the longi tudinal centerplane of the machine and above and below the horizontal axis about whichthe housing rocks, and power mechanism for applying power to the saidshank tudinal center plane of the machine and for moving masses ofmaterial located at aboveand below the horizontal axis about anypointwithinthe range of movement of which the housing rocks, and powermechathe working tool, toward the frame and up nism for applying powerto the said shank along the inclined apron, bv means of a for movingmasses of material located at combination of movements which include aany point within the range of movement of movement of the shank withinthe housing, the working tool, toward the frame and up and a movement ofthe housing about its along the inclined apron, by means of a comaxis ofmovement. bination of movements which include a 10 3. In a loadingmachine for use in mines, movement of the shank within the housing, aframe adaptedto move along a trackway, and a movement of the housingabout its a conveyer extending through the frame axis of movement, saidpower mechanism lengthwise thereof, an inclined apron at the includingthree motors, one connected to the front end of the conveyer andextending upshank, another to the housing, and a third 15 wardly andrearwardly from a point below ,to the turn table. the conveyer, a turntable supported by the 5. In a loading machine, a frame adapted frameover the forwardpart of the conveyor to be moved along a trackway, aconveyer and ino'vable about a vertical axis which subextendinglengthwise of the frame from the stentially intersects the longitudinalaxis of front end thereof, an'inclined apron at the 20 the conveyor; ahousing mounted on the front end of the conveyor and extending Iturntable for rocking movement about a upwardly and'rearwai'dly from aplane behorizontal axis, a tool shank mounted in said low the conveyor,a turn table supported. housing for reciprocating movement inward by theframeand movable about a verticaland outward with respect to the housingaxis, .a housing mounted on the turntable .and provided-at its outer endwith aworkfor rocking movement about a horizontal '80 ing tool, saidshank having a range of work axis, a tool shank mounted in said housinging movement which extends to the right for reciprocating movementinward and out-. and left of the longitudinal center plane of ward withespect to the housing and prothe machine and above and below thehorivided at its outer end with a working tool, 30 zontal axis aboutwhich the housing rocks, said shank having'arange of working move.- andpower mechanism for applying power ment which extends to the right andleft of to the said shank for moving masses of the longitudinal center'planeof the mamaterial located at any point within the chine and aboveand below. the horizontal range of movement of the working tool, toaxisabout which the housing rocks, an ward the frame and up along theinclined power mechanism for applying power to theapron by means of acombination of movesaid shank for moving masses of material lnGIlli-Swhich include a movement of the located at any point within the rangeofshank within the housing, and a movement movement of the working tool,toward the of the housing about its axis of movement. frameand up alongthe inclined apron, by 40 4. In a loading machine, a frame adaptedmeansof a combination of movements which to be moved along a trackway, aconveyor include a movement of the shank within the extending lengthwiseof the frame from the housing, and a movement of the housing front endthereof, an inclined aprof at the about its axis of movement, said powerfront end of the conv'eyer and extending mechanism including threemotors, one con- 45 upwardly and rearwardly from a plane benected to theshank, another to the housing, low the conveyer, a turn-table supportedby and a third to the turn table, the motors the frame and movable abouta vertical axis, for reciprocating the shank and for rocking a housingmounted on the turntable for rockthe housing being supported 'on theturn ing movement about a horizontal axis, a lable. I

50 ,ool shank mounted in said housing for re- In testimony whereof, Ihereunto ailix my ciprocatifiginovemcnt inward and outward signature inthe presence of two witnesses. with respect to the housing and provid dat I FRANK'B-ILLINGS.

' its outer end with it working tool, said shank Witnesses:

having a rangeof ork'mg movement h k H. R.- SULLIVAN, 55 extends to theright and left of the long1- E. L. THURSTON,

